River Region roundup: Pike County hit hard by Christmas storm; other counties with minor damage (Photos)

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – As Emergency Management Agency crews sweep through areas in their counties damaged by last night’s severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, Pike County and areas around Troy appear to have sustained the heaviest damage in the River Region.

When rest of the area had already seen the worst of the storms, a possible tornado sighting was reported by emergency management traveling through a Brantley Mobile Home Park, three miles northeast of Troy.

According to Pike County EMA, emergency crews were dispatched to the scene to rescue two victims trapped inside some of the four to five mobile homes destroyed. The residents were quickly rescued and nobody in the vicinity sustained anything above minor injuries that would have required evacuation to a local hospital.

Earlier yesterday, at around 6:15 p.m., a possible tornado scattered debris, trees and damaged a mobile home in the around Tennille. Damage to houses and a small mobile home park were also reported in the Goshen area at around 10:28 p.m.

Apostolic Hope Ministries on Oak Grove Road in Troy and nearby homes were damaged, along with homes on County Road 1101.

The National Weather Service is currently working with the county to officially confirm tornado touchdowns.

In Montgomery County, a few trees fell across roads in the communities of Waugh and Ramer and were cleared by volunteer fire departments shortly after they were reported.

At 8:46 p.m., downed trees and power lines blocked Highway 80, west of Dannelly Field.

According to Montgomery EMA, there is a report of damage to one house but the location is unclear at this time.

Autauga County, a lightning strike caused a small house fire around Shangri-La Road in Pine Level, Ala. WSFA 12 News reported that there was no extensive damage, but the strike caused a structural fire underneath the bathroom of the house which was extinguished by firefighters after cutting a hole in the floor. No injuries were reported.

The rest of the county saw minor flooding on streets in low lying areas and some downed trees.

The city of Prattville reported flooding at Adell Street, Country Club Drive and at South Memorial Drive and Thomas Avenue at 9:27 p.m.

According to the city, the flooding on Adell Street was cause by a storm drain clogged by garbage put on the curb for disposal. The garbage was in violation of an ordinance against residents putting out their garbage on their curb too early. Mayor Bill Gillespie was on the scene and dislodged the garbage bags obstructing the drain – driving off with them in the back of his pickup truck.

Prattville also reported that three light poles breaking and falling on top of power lines in Bell Park at around 4:30 a.m., disabling some power transformers and obstructing Upper Kingston Road. Some residents temporarily lost power but the issue has since been resolved by Alabama Power technicians.

There was no extensive damage in Elmore County. A large diameter Oak tree fell across Balm Road in the Santuck community last night, but was removed by volunteer fire crews within hours.

Keep an eye on al.com Montgomery for more details and report any damage to your county's Emergency Management Agency.

Updated at 4:30 p.m. to reflect damages to Apostolic Hope Ministries, nearby homes and homes on County Road 1101 in Troy.